Pedal lock for automobiles



April 8 19234.;v

E. GRAHAM PEDAL- Lock FOR AUTOMOBILES IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII I Efiled Feb. 14

Patented Apr. 8, 1924.

"UNITED srarss nuns GRAHAM, or LOS ANGELES, onn ronum.

. PEDAL LOCK FOB AUTOMOBILES.

Application filed February 14, 1921. Serial No. 44%,684,

T all whom it may concern I Be it known that I, ELIAS GRAHAM, a citizen of the United States, .residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Pedal Looks for Automobiles, of which the following is a specification. p

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in looking devices for the clutch pedal of motor vehicles, the principal objects of my invention being to provide a relatively simple, practical, durable and efiicient device that may 'be easily and quickly applied to or removed from the clutch pedal of a motor vehicle. and which device when properly applied, will effectively lock said pedal against downward movement, thereby preventing unauthorized use or theft of the vehicle; further, to provide a locking device that is capable of being easily and cheaply produced, andfurther, to provide [a device which is con structed so that when it is unlocked it can be bodily removed from the vehicle and the clutch pedal so that when unlooked,said pedal, without incumbrance, may be operated in the usual manner." 7 V \Vith the foregoing and other objects in view, my invention consists'incertain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts that will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which 7 Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a portion of the body or tonneau of a motor vehicle and showing myimprovedlock in position upon the clutch pedal.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the locking device, the same being'shown'in closed or locked position.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the lock} iug device and with the parts thereof in open or unlocked position. 7

Fig/1 is an elevationalview of thelocking device in position upon the clutch pedal and with portions of said device in vertical section.

Fig. 5 is a horizontal section talzen on the line 55 of Fig. 1. V g

Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view with parts in section and showing'the hinge con:

nection between a swinging plate or. door and the housing of the lock.

Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawings, which illustrate a practical embodiment of my invention, 10 designates the main'body portion of the lock, the same being in the form of a substantially rectangular housing that ispreferably constructed from a single piece of metal, either pressed or cast,'said housing being provided with an open bottom and in its top plate with a slot 11 that is adapted to receive the arm or lever A of the clutch pedal and which latterfo'perates in the usual manner through a slotted floor plate B.

The front of thebox or housing 10 is normally closed by a door 12inthe form of a metal plate, the same being hinged upon a pin 13 that is seated in the frontedge of one of the side walls of the housing. The free edge of this hinged plate or door is adapted to occupy a recessv 14 that is formed in the front edge of the side wall of. the housing opposite the side wall to which said plate isfhinged, and the upperedge of said door, I

when closed, is adapted to lie immediately beneath thefront edge of the top of the box or housing, and thus "when the door is closed, its outer'face lie's flush with the front edge of the top of the boX and with the front edge of the side wall in which recess 14' is formed, thereby providing a construc tion which minimizes the liability of the hinged plate or door beingpried open by the use of a pointed or edged-tool...

Arranged within the housing, and preferably onthe upper portion of the side wall that is provided with the recessed front edge, is a suitable lock 15, preferably ofthe type that is key controlled and havingv one or more locking bolts and which latter are adapted to engage hooks such-as 16. that are secured on the inner face of the hinged plate or door 12. r

Formed integralv with; or fired to the bOii or housing 10 and arrangedon the interior thereof is a short horizontally disposed arm or block 1'1 the same being bifurcated to form diverging arms 18, one of'which latter is preferably secured to the rear walliof the housing and said arms providin'ga verticallydisposed angular recess 19 that is 1 adapted to receive the clutch pedal A when the locking device is applied for use.

Rigidly fixed to the housing 10 and disposed directly in frontof therecess 19 is to lug 20 that is provided with a horizontally disposed threaded aperture in which latter 'llO r of the various parts of my improved lochiua;

is seated the threaded shanl: of a set 21, the forward end. of said shank hein erably pointed.

in applying my improved lock, the or door 12 is opened, and after retrac set screw 21 the device is positioned clutch pedal A with the latter arrthe recess 19 between the divcrgii and said pedal projecting througa the 11 in the top oi. the lock housin screw 2 is now manipulated so pointed end impinges against the si -c face of the latch pedal and clamps the same curelv against the diverging arms which th hinged plate or door and locked; and when so arranged the lower end of the lock housi upon the surface oi? slotted I clutch pedal will be nrmly lo ned a rains downward movement, and consequently t: vehicle to which the lock is applied cannot be operated.

A locking device of my improved cons tion is very compact, mav be QElSllj' ap to or removed from the clutch pedal, said device provides simple and means for securely locking the clutcl of practically all forms of motor vehi (in some makes of cars, the foot plate the upper end of the clutch pedal arm ver is readil removable, but b means within the housing for i" i s ing the same to the pedal. arm as, for stance, the set screw 21, it is imposihle car that is equippeu with my improved loz-l; to be operated, even though the foot p 1 at the top of the pedal arm be removed, by unauthorized persons with the intention of sliding the locking device upwardly on the pedal arm, for, as will be understood, the set screw that is wholly inclosed within the h in firmly secures the latter to the pedal a it will be readily understood that n .0 changes in the size, form and construction device may he made and substituted for those herein shown and described without departing from the spirit of my invention, the scope of which is set forth in the appended claims. V

I claim as my invention:

1. A motor vehicle clutch pedal locking device, comprising; a housing adapted to be applied to the clutch pedal, a substantially Y-shaped block secured wit the housing and adapted to receive the clutch pedal to which said housing is applied, an extension on one of the arms of said block, a set screw seated in said extension and adapted to engage the clutch pedal positioned in said hinged member closing one side of lock for retaining said 2 closed position.

-r vehicle clutch pedal lock, l to he applied to the clutch veual io wnieh the device is applied, and adjacent to said seat PRC-ll to sup-age the pedal and hold the po-nsaid seat, a h nged art of the housing and said hinged member in 4 device of the character I rousing, substantially Y ed slot-l: secured within the housing, an .ision on one of the arms of'i' said block, and a set screw seated in said extension and adapted to secure the clutch pedal within s id clock. e The combination with a movable pedal fined i of means for locking said ii- 'ilal and part against relative movement; mid means cmiprising ahousing, means within said housing for receiving and by manual. tment clamping one of a pluit of different size pedals against movewithin the housing and releasable for preventing access to said means. the combination with a movable pedal and lined part, ot' means for locking said pedal and part against relative movement; said means comprising a housing including a door, a member carried by and within said housing adapted to receive said pedal, a set screw carried by said member and anapted to clamp said pedal in said member and means for locking the door in closed posi- U011.

6. In combination, a control pedal, a fixed element in the path of'movement of the pedal, means for locking the pedal against movement with relation to said element com-.

prising a housing", a member secured to and disposed within said housing for receiving said pedal, manually adjustable means carried by the member and disposed within the housing for clamping the pedal within the member.

in testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification. V

ELL S GRAHAM. 

